单词 | petit jury |
释义 | petit jury (once / 107449 pages) n WORD FAMILY petit jury: petit juries USAGE EXAMPLESThe jurors - seven men, five women; nine whites, three blacks - were chosen from the circuit court petit jury pool in May. Washington Times(Feb 17, 2015) The judge will ask very few questions, unlike when selecting a petit jury, when the judge and lawyers ask many questions. MSNBC(Dec 05, 2014) Most people can understand the basic adversarial nature of a public trial decided by what is formally called a petit jury. Los Angeles Times(Nov 17, 2014) n a jury of 12 to determine the facts and decide the issue in civil or criminal proceedings Syn|Hyper petty jury jury a body of citizens sworn to give a true verdict according to the evidence presented in a court of law |
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